I used to believe…
having grown up in western germany, i was told the strangest things about the eastern part of germany: socialism is very bad, you have to help harvesting during your summer holidays and socialism means that everybody has the same, that is close to nothing.
i was really terrified to get kidnapped by east german police. that changed when my gran got a letter from some distant relatives in east germany. thea had sent a photo, showing them all on a swing hammock - my idea of glamour and success, which i never got from my parents. naturally i thought that if everybody has the same i will recieve such a swinging hammock immedeately after entering GDR. i didn't move after all because i hated to help my mother in the garden and thought it even worse to harvest grain and hay...
